ORBITALS IN GENERAL CHEMISTRY, PART III: CONSEQUENCES FOR TEACHING

In Part III of this series, we undertake a critique of the nature of application of orbitals to describe or to explain the structure and the binding within molecules and materials. Teaching orbitals in introductory chemistry presents five dilemmas that cannot be easily resolved. We thus conclude, ba...

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Main Authors: Guy Lamoureux, John F. Ogilvie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2021-05-01
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422021000300355&tlng=en